Kyt, Thanks. (Oops!) I'll re-read your post. 29 May 44, with the number of RSF killed, wounded and missing, certainly tallies with the date of...
Roxy's latest update. I have just heard back from ICRC. It seems that my grandad was captured at Anzio on 29 May 1944. ICRC received...
I suspect that Monsieur Robin would rather have left the trees; however, he felt he had no option. Let's hope that the remaining trees are saved....
Disgusting! I hope that the offerder have the book thrown at them. Roxy
I've been back to Fort George recently and discovered that he left the HQ Coy 2nd Camerons as L Cpl in 1934 - transferred to the Army Reserve. He...
Pathfinder, I suspect that the lads and lasses at RAF Lossiemouth would dispute the fact the the most famous WW2 RAF Sqn is no more - they would...
My avatar is the first Spitfire to arrive at RAF Woodvale; No 611 Sqn Sqn RAuxAF. It returned on the 50th Anniversary of its departure (coincident...
I'll have a trawl through the PPRuNe thread to try to find something of use. Most of it centred around Wg Cdr Tom Cruise of the 617th Sqn USAAF...
There is an interesting thread regarding the remake here. A lot of waffle (IMHO) regarding the name of Wg Cdr Gibson's dog! Roxy
GMF's book on Burma is excellent - thoroughly recommended. Roxy
Crete was a military disaster for the 'Empire' - we should never have been beaten by a airborne force with inferior numbers and firepower (at least...
Morse, My Dad used to work comms at Pitreavie Castle (and latterly at RAF Kinloss). He was a member of 2 MHU (RAuxAF)from 1955 - 1997; he joined...
Kyt, I have the second edition of Norman Franks' book. I will try to speak to CXX today (the Sqn not the man!) to find out how many they think...
I was one of the pilots on a Nimrod that was launched on Search and Rescue duties following (one of?) the last MAYDAY messages sent on morse. On 4...
CXX - you beat me!
Norman Franks, in 'Search, Find and Kill', suggests that Bulloch sank U89 on 5 Nov 42. U89 was attacking convoy SC107: this convoy included the...
A heated 'debate' running in the comments. Roxy
On a recent visit, I was also convinced that, had this been in America, it would be given the financial assistance worthy of its place in history....
Some interesting sidescan sonar images of Royal Oak on this site. Roxy
Some great stuff there. THanks. Roxy
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